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Teachers’ ICT competencies
Mart LaanpereHead of the Centre for Educational
Technology, Tallinn [email protected]
Competencies Defined as “personal characteristics (e.g. skills,
knowledge, attitudes) that an individual possesses or needs to acquire, in order to perform an activity within a specific context, whereas performance may range from the basic level of proficiency to the highest levels of excellence” (Sampson & Fytros)
Highly context-bound Should not be broken down to “atomic level” Used for: outcome-based education, quality
assurance of training programmes, accreditation of prior learning and experience
ICT competencies in curriculum
Until 1992 computer science was a compulsory subject in Estonian schools
1997 national curriculum: informatics as an elective subject, IT as cross-curricular theme
2002 national curriculum introduced ICT as a compulsory cross-curricular theme, defined by 11 competencies
National sample-based testing of ICT competencies in grade 9 in 2002-2005
ICT competencies in grade 9
Operates hard- and software Manages files Uses correct ICT terminology Follows legal & ethical aspects of ICT use Creates effective and aesthetical presentations Uses ICT tools to find information and communicate
with others Understands the needs for critical evaluation of Internet
information Collects and analyses data with ICT tools
National test on ICT competencies
Alternative to ECDL exams Written test, 13 multiple-choice questions (30 min)
Keyboard, computer misuse Op.system: user interface, file types Word processing and WWW mistakes Computer viruses, error messages What is not allowed (copyrights, personal)
Practical task (60 min) Find, rename, edit and save text file Find additional information on WWW Design a booklet
New trends
No more testingOur study 2008: few schools were concerned
with teaching and assessing cross-curricular themes
Curriculum 2011: informatics as elective subject in grades 6, 8 and 10.
Portfolio-based assessment of students’ ICT competencies – legitimised by the new national curriculum
Teachers’ ed.tech. competencies
Educational technology competency standard for teachers in Estonia 2002 (based on ISTE):Three levels: basic user, advanced user, expertSix domains: the use of ICT, designing the learning
environment, e-learning in curriculum development, assessment in e-learning, ICT in professional development, social and technical aspects of technology use at school
No audience, no legitimisation, were used only for developing/assessing training programmes
Competency models for teachersUntil 2006: the teacher education framework
and teachers’ accreditation requirements2006: professional qualification standard for
teachers: 8 domains: planning and leadership, designing the
learning environment, facilitating learning, motivating the learners, collaboration, communication, analysing and assessing the learning, self-directed professional development
Not fully compatible with de facto standards: teacher education curricula and teacher accreditation requirements
Teachers’ e-portfolio 2006
Competency Manager: our self-developed add-in module for Plone CMS
Two views to competency model: Global view: publicly accessible, can be edited by admin
and commented by registered member of the portal Personal view: used for organising learning goals,
reflections and other evidences
Several parallel competency models: teachers’ PQS, ed.technology competencies, mentor etc
Teacher training in ICT
Initial teacher education: Compulsory ICT skills, those who do not pass the test
(80%) have to take a course “Computer as a tool”Compulsory subject “Learning environment”Elective subject “ICT in school”Subject-specific ICT courses for student teachers
In-service teacher education in ed.tech.: mainly provided by Tiger Leap Foundation for free. 10 000 teachers were trained 2002-2005 on 40 hrs Intel course TTF
ISTE CNETS for Teachers 2008
See http://cnets.iste.orgFour ed.tech. competency domains:
Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and CreativityDesign and Develop Digital-Age Learning
Experiences and AssessmentsModel Digital-Age Work and LearningPromote and Model Digital Citizenship and
Responsibility
Current situationA common ed.tech. competency model HTPM
(based on ISTE CNETS 2008) for teachers in primary, secondary and vocational schools as well as for university staff – one A4 page
Two detailed assessment rubrics for: TeachersUniversity lecturers
Not yet legitimised, might end up as appendix to new PQS for teachers
Plans: teachers’ portfolio at Koolielu.ee
DigiMe project 2011
Self-assessment of teachers’ ed.tech. competencies, based on HTPM
Web-based tool, automatically graded responses, based on authentic cases (video or slideshow scenarios)
Used for ICT competency audit, training needs analysis, forming more homogenous training groups etc.
Discussion and conclusions
E-portfolio seems to be a suitable tool/approach for assessment of teachers’ ICT competencies
Legitimisation is needed (both for HTPM competency standard and portfolio tool)
Future: e-portfolio as a state-provided free service in citizen’s portal eesti.ee?